Pencil-extender.



G. A. SEE.

PENCIL EXTENDER.

APPLICATION 111.1:1) mu 3,1909.

945,61 7, Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

, an advertising CHARLES A. SEE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS PENCIL-EXTENDER.

Specification of Letters Paten't;

Application filed May 3, 1909. Serial No. 493,494. I

Patented Jan. 4; 1910.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. SEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use-' to provide a pencil extender, holder and protector, which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durable and efiective in operation, and so made that it will be adapted for pencils of difierent sizes and will firmly hold them in position for use or "with their points protected.

A further'object of the invention is to construct the device that it, may be used as may have advertising matter displayed on its external surface.

Other objects and advantages of the in;

vention will be disclosed in the subjoined' description and ex lanation.

In order to enab e others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe in which n formed. 45

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pencil extender, holder and protector embodying one form-of the invention, showing a short medium, or, in other words;

Thepiece 7 is rolled or bent into tubular form to form the extender or holder. which is designated as a whole by the reference numeral 8, which, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 consists of the central or body portion 9 and the slotted end-portions 10 and 11. The body portion 9' is divided by a spiral slot 12, which is extended longitudinally at each of its ends as at 18 a'nd14 through'the ends of the extender or holder, and are preferably located out of alinement with one another, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The spiral slot 12 of .the central or body portion 9 is formed by the diagonally disposed edges 15 of the blank piece 7 while the slots 13 and 1 are formed by the longitudinally disposed edges 16 and 17, respectively, of the piece 7 which, as before stated, is bent or rolled up so that said edges will approximate each. other, thus forming a tubular memiber having a slot throughout the shape shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

its entire length, but longitudinally thereof at each of its ends, yet spirally with respect thereto-betweenits ends. By thus forming the piece 7 it is apparent that a torsion spring-clamp of great resiliency and tension will be afl'orded, into either or both ends of which pencils or short pieces thereof may be readily inserted and firmly held in place with the points exposed for use or, if

desired, said points-may be inserted inwardly into the device when they will be protected thei eby. it, referring to the accompanying drawing,

alinement with one another and each provided'with parallel side edges anda central portion connecting said end parts and having parallel side edges disposed diagonally:

with espect to the end-portions, said piece bent spirally until its side edges are approximated and thereby formed into a torsion s rin '-clamp. g c

p CHARLES A. SEE. -Witnesses:

CHAS. C. TILLMAN, M. A. NYMAN. 

